The U.S. Senate reconvened in Washington on Monday with a long to-do list and a short window for legislative action.

Following a five-week summer recess, lawmakers in the upper chamber have just 16 legislative days to tackle a handful of bills before leaving in early October to campaign for the Nov. 3 midterms.

Here’s what’s on their agenda.

Clarity Act

Topping the list is the Digital Market Asset Clarity Act that is intended to create a federal regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies and other digital assets. On Tuesday, the Senate will hold a procedural vote on the bill, which GOP senators tweaked Sunday to include several concessions to Democrats, including a provision that allows state attorneys general, in addition to the Justice Department, to enforce the law and a requirement that officials either divest or place in a blind trust any significant financial interest in an entity that issues cryptocurrencies.

Protect College Sports Act

A bipartisan bill was introduced in May to create a single national standard for rules on college athletes making money off their name, image or likeness. The legislation would require athletes to report major NIL deals and cap schools’ revenue sharing with student-athletes.

“College sports is something that needs to be fixed. They have a good solution,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said in August, after the bill failed to get a vote.

The Southeastern and Big Ten conferences both support the bill.

AI safety bill

Following a united call from the leaders of leading U.S. artificial intelligence companies Anthropic, OpenAI and xAI over the weekend to slow the development of advanced AI models, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Monday called for Trump administration officials to give a classified briefing to the Senate that includes a full accounting of its efforts to control AI.

“Warning bells are ringing louder than they ever have — and the Trump administration is looking the other way,” Schumer said in a statement. “Well, if they won’t hold themselves accountable, we will. And if Trump does not act, Congress must.”

A bipartisan AI safety bill led by Thune and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., could make AI companies legally responsible for mitigating the harm they cause, according to a legislative framework detailed in Politico.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who has been involved with negotiating the AI safety bill, told ABC News last week that guardrails are necessary but passing legislation will be difficult.

Farm Bill

Senate Agricultural Committee Chair John Boozman, R-Ark., said he intends to call a new committee vote on the Farm Bill this week after Democrats blocked the legislation from advancing last month over concerns about cuts to the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Boozman said Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who has been absent from the Senate since he fell in June but is set to return this week, could advance the legislation out of committee.

The bill still faces an uphill battle in the Senate, where Democrats have raised concerns about SNAP payment error rates that would require some states to pay a higher percentage of food benefits that had previously been covered by the federal government.

The last time a full farm bill was passed was 2018, Boozman said.

Reauthorization of surveillance tool

Section 702, which allows U.S. spy agencies to collect and analyze targeted foreigners’ calls, texts and emails — and the communications of Americans who are in contact with them — expired in June. Lawmakers had reached a deal to extend FISA for three years, but it stalled over bipartisan concerns.

Some Republicans joined Democrats in their opposition to President Donald Trump’s appointment of Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence, citing his lack of experience. Lawmakers then delayed the extension until a permanent national intelligence director was confirmed, which happened last month with former U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton filling the role.